Cagney & Lacey

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Cagney & Lacey is an American television police drama series centered on two female detectives in New York City, noted for its groundbreaking portrayal of women in law enforcement.

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Cagney & Lacey canonical 11
Cagney & Lacey (1981 television film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime drama television series
police procedural television series
television series
awardReceived Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
surface form: Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
broadcastOn network television in prime time
characterPortrayedBy Christine Cagney – Sharon Gless
Tyne Daly
surface form: Mary Beth Lacey – Tyne Daly
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Barbara Avedon
Barbara Corday
developer Barney Rosenzweig NERFINISHED
distributionFormat syndication
filmingLocation Los Angeles
firstAired 1982
follows two female police detectives
genre crime drama
police drama
hasFanBase viewers interested in feminist television history
hasFormat one-hour episodes
hasOpeningTheme instrumental theme music
hasTheme friendship and solidarity between women
gender equality in the workplace
influenced later female-led police dramas
knownFor groundbreaking portrayal of female police detectives
strong feminist themes
lastAired 1988
leadActor Sharon Gless
Tyne Daly
mainCharacter Christine Cagney
Mary Beth Lacey
mediaType live-action television
narrativeFocus partnership between two female detectives
notableFor addressing social issues such as sexism and racism
depicting work–life balance issues for women
numberOfEpisodes 100+
numberOfSeasons 7
originalChannelType broadcast television
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork CBS
portrays NYPD detectives
women in law enforcement
precededBy Cagney & Lacey self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cagney & Lacey (1981 television film)
productionCompany MGM/UA Communications Co.
surface form: MGM/UA Television

The Rosenzweig Company
setIn New York City
spinOffOrRelatedWork Cagney & Lacey reunion television films
targetAudience adult viewers
timePeriodOfSetting 1980s

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Tyne Daly notableWork Cagney & Lacey
Graham Jarvis appearedInTVSeries Cagney & Lacey
Geraldine Fitzgerald notableWork Cagney & Lacey
Bruce Weitz workedOn Cagney & Lacey
Meg Foster notableWork Cagney & Lacey
Cagney & Lacey precededBy Cagney & Lacey self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cagney & Lacey (1981 television film)
Ellen Tyne Daly notableWork Cagney & Lacey
Georg Stanford Brown directed Cagney & Lacey
Harvey Atkin notableWork Cagney & Lacey
Leilani Sarelle participatedIn Cagney & Lacey
Rita Taggart notableWork Cagney & Lacey